Coma Cluster and a dwarf galaxy

[MarkS]

Here is one of the worst images I've ever taken.  It was supposed to be the coma cluster but the conditions were awful, as you can see:



I haven't done any serious processing on the image because the data is so bad but here's the full size version if you are interested.  The main cluster of galaxies at the centre is interesting:
http://www.markshelley.co.uk/Astronomy/2016/comacluster20160406.jpg

Examining the image in detail, down towards the bottom right I found this weird blueish blob:



It turns out that this is a dwarf galaxy known as NGC4789A

Searching on the internet I found this beautiful Hubble image of the dwarf galaxy:
https://plus.google.com/113507009175485747967/posts/cG36BA3HsgM?pid=6152973526006825138&oid=113507009175485747967

[The Thing]

Nasty. Better luck next time!

[RobertM]

I've been there Mark, a processing nightmare.  It good what you managed to get out of it though.

Robert

[Carole]

It's very pretty though.

Carole